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Nehemiah 13 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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(Num 22:1—24:25 )

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On that day H3117 the Book H5612 of Moses H4872 was read H7121 aloud H7121 [fn]as the people H5971 listened H241; and there was found H4672 written H3789 in it that no H3808 Ammonite H5984 or Moabite H4125 was ever H5769 to enter H935 the assembly H6951 of God H430,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - because H3588 they did not meet H6923 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 with bread H3899 and water H4325, but hired H7936 Balaam H1109 against H5921 them to curse H7043 them. However, our God H430 turned H2015 the curse H7045 into a blessing H1293.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:3 - So when they heard H8085 the Law H8451, they excluded H914 all H3605 foreigners H6154 from Israel H3478.

Tobiah Expelled and the Temple Cleansed

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Now prior H6440 to this H2088, Eliashib H475 the priest H3548, who was appointed H5414 over the chambers H3957 of the house H1004 of our God H430, being [fn]related H7138 to Tobiah H2900,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared H6213 a large H1419 [fn]room H3957 for him, where H8033 previously H6440 they used to put H5414 the grain offerings H4503, the frankincense H3828, the utensils H3627 and the tithes H4643 of grain H1715, wine H8492, and oil H3323 prescribed H4687 for the Levites H3881, the singers H7891, and the gatekeepers H7778, and the [fn]contributions H8641 for the priests H3548.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - But during all H3605 this H2088 time I was not in Jerusalem H3389, for in the thirty-second H7970 H8147 year H8141 of Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 of Babylon H894 I had come H935 to the king H4428. After H7093 some time H3117, however, I requested H7592 a leave H7592 of H7592 absence H7592 from the king H4428,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - and I came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and [fn]learned H995 about H935 the evil H7451 that Eliashib H475 had committed H6213 for [fn]Tobiah H2900, by preparing H6213 a [fn]room H5393 for him in the courtyards H2691 of the house H1004 of God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8 - It was very H3966 displeasing H7489 to me, so I threw H7993 all H3605 of Tobiah’s H2900 household H1004 articles H3627 out H7993 of the room H3957.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9 - Then I gave H559 an H559 order H559, and they cleansed H2891 the rooms H3957; and I returned H7725 the utensils H3627 of the house H1004 of God H430 there H8033 with the grain offering H4503 and the frankincense H3828.

Tithes Restored

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I also [fn]discovered H3045 that the portions H4521 of the Levites H3881 had not been given H5414 to them, so the Levites H3881 and the singers H7891 who performed H6213 the service H4399 had [fn]gone H1272 away H1272, each H376 to his own field H7704.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - So I [fn]reprimanded H7378 the officials H5461 and said H559, “Why H4069 has the house H1004 of God H430 been neglected H5800?” Then I gathered H6908 them together and stationed H5975 them at their posts H5977.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:12 - All H3605 Judah H3063 then brought H935 the tithe H4643 of the grain H1715, wine H8492, and oil H3323 into the storehouses H214.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:13 - To be in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the storehouses H214, I appointed H686 Shelemiah H8018 the priest H3548, Zadok H6659 the scribe H5608, and Pedaiah H6305 from the Levites H3881, and in H5921 addition H5921 to H5921 them was Hanan H2605 the son H1121 of Zaccur H2139, the son H1121 of Mattaniah H4983; for they were considered H2803 reliable H539, and it was [fn]their task H5921 to distribute H2505 to their kinsmen H251.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 - Remember H2142 me for this H2088, my God H430, and do not wipe H4229 out H4229 my loyal H2617 deeds H2617 which H834 I have performed H6213 for the house H1004 of my God H430 and its services H4929.

Sabbath Restored

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In those H1992 days H3117 I saw H7200 in Judah H3063 people who were treading H1869 wine H1660 presses H1660 on the Sabbath H7676, and bringing H935 in H935 sacks H6194 of H6194 grain H6194 and loading H6006 them on donkeys H2543, as well H637 as wine H3196, grapes H6025, figs H8384, and every H3605 kind of load H4853, and they were bringing H935 them into Jerusalem H3389 on the Sabbath H7676 day H3117. So I admonished H5749 them on the day H3117 they sold H4376 food H6718.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:16 - Also people H6876 of H6876 Tyre H6876 were living H3427 [fn]there who imported H935 fish H1710 and all H3605 kinds of merchandise H4377, and sold H4376 them to the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 on the Sabbath H7676, even in Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:17 - Then I [fn]reprimanded H7378 the nobles H2715 of Judah H3063 and said H559 to them, “What H4100 is this H2088 evil H7451 thing H1697 that you are doing H6213, [fn]by profaning H2490 the Sabbath H7676 day H3117?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:18 - “Did your fathers H1 not do H6213 the same H3541, so that our God H430 brought H935 on us and on this H2088 city H5892 all H3605 this H2088 trouble H7451? Yet you are adding H3254 to the wrath H2740 against H5921 Israel H3478 by profaning H2490 the Sabbath H7676.”

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And it came H1961 about H1961 that just H834 as H834 it became H6751 dark H6751 at the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 before H6440 the Sabbath H7676, I ordered H559 that the doors H1817 be shut H5462, [fn]and that they were not to open H6605 them until H5704 after H310 the Sabbath H7676. Then I stationed H5975 some of my servants H5288 at the gates H8179 so that no H3808 load H4853 would enter H935 on the Sabbath H7676 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:20 - Once H6471 or twice H8147 the traders H7402 and merchants H4376 of every H3605 kind of merchandise H4465 spent H3885 the H3885 night H3885 outside H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - Then I warned H5749 them and said H559 to them, “Why H4069 do you spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 in front H5048 of the wall H2346? If H518 you do H8138 so again H8138, I will [fn]use H7971 force H3027 against you.” From that time H6256 on they did not come H935 on the Sabbath H7676.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - And I ordered H559 the Levites H3881 that they were to purify H2891 themselves and come H935 as gatekeepers H8104 H8179 to sanctify H6942 the Sabbath H7676 day H3117. For this H2088 also H1571 remember H2142 me, my God H430, and have H2347 compassion H2347 on me according to the greatness H7230 of Your mercy H2617.

Mixed Marriages Forbidden

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In those H1992 days H3117 I also H1571 saw H7200 that the Jews H3064 had [fn]married H3427 women H802 from Ashdod H796, Ammon H5985, and Moab H4125.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:24 - As for their children H1121, half H2677 spoke H1696 in the language H797 of H797 Ashdod H797, and none H369 of them knew H5234 how H5234 to speak H1696 the language H3066 of H3066 Judah H3066, but [fn]only the language H3956 of his own H5971 people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I quarreled H7378 with them and cursed H7043 them, and struck H5221 some H376 of them and pulled H4803 out H4803 their hair H4803, and made them swear H7650 by God H430, “You shall not give H5414 your daughters H1323 to their sons H1121, nor H518 take H5375 any of their daughters H1323 for your sons H1121 or for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:26 - “Did Solomon H8010 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 not sin H2398 regarding H5921 these H428 things H428? Yet among the many H7227 nations H1471 there was no H3808 king H4428 like H3644 him, and he was loved H157 by his God H430, and God H430 made H5414 him king H4428 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478; yet the foreign H5237 women H802 caused even H1571 him to sin H2403.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27 - “Has it not then been reported H8085 about you that you have committed H6213 all H3605 this H2088 great H1419 evil H7451 by acting H4603 unfaithfully H4603 against our God H430, by [fn]marrying H3427 foreign H5237 women H802?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:28 - Even one of the sons H1121 of Joiada H3077, the son H1121 of Eliashib H475 the high H1419 priest H3548, became a son-in-law H2860 of Sanballat H5571 the Horonite H2772, so I chased H1272 him away H1272 from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29 - Remember H2142 them, my God H430, [fn]because H5921 they have defiled H1352 the priesthood H3550 and the covenant H1285 of the priesthood H3550 and the Levites H3881.

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So I purified H2891 them from everything H3605 foreign H5236, and assigned H5975 duties H4931 to the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881, each H376 in his work H4399,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:31 - and I arranged for the delivery H7133 of wood H6086 at appointed H2163 times H6256 and for the first H1061 fruits H1061. Remember H2142 me, my God H430, for good H2896.
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Lit in the ears of the people
Lit close to
Or chamber
Or uplifted offerings
Or understood
An Ammonite, banned from the temple
Or chamber, and so in vv 8, 9
Or knew
Lit fled
Or contended with
Lit on them to
Lit in it
Or contended with
Lit and
Lit and commanded
Lit send a hand against
Lit given dwelling to
Lit according to the tongue of people and people
Lit giving dwelling to
Lit for the defilements of
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